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Old 01-16-10, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by a_phat_beat
no retreat no surrender,
bloodsport,
kickboxer,
the legend of billie jean,
just one of the guys,
gymkata,
any stephen segal movie.
dr. caligari,
the holy mountain. all guaranteed to be awesome.
OMG I can't believe someone recommended Gymfreakinkata
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Old School: The Getaway with Steve McQueen,

80's: Terminator, Star Trek II
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Old 01-16-10, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by adacas
OMG I can't believe someone recommended Gymfreakinkata
only the most awesome 80's action movie of all time, ninjas and gymnastics.


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Originally Posted by Frameless
I was thinking Predator but what do you think?
the shear muscle mass in predator alone makes it the obvious choice.
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Originally Posted by jfkittredge
Predator is a solid choice, though.
Mac having flashbacks of last winter on the trainer:

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The Mechanic (Charles Bronson)
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Originally Posted by adacas
Ong Bak (tony Jaa...nuff said)
Man on Fire (slow sure but a bomb in that guys rear is classic)
Ronin (one of the best chase scenes)
Desperado (mexicans)
28 Days Later (thought of zombies chasing me makes me ride faster)
Troy (drowning in testosterone)
Snatch (I just like saying the word)
Transporter 1-2-3 (dont' worry about the plot)
Equilibrium (gun kata)
Kill Bill 1-2 (Uma Thurman chopping off limbs)
Shogun Assassin (100 gallons of human blood from one man)
Dark Knight (its dark and its night)
Crank (lots of running and fast music)
Rambo (turns a man into ground beef with a 50 caliber gun point blank)
Taken (what Mr. Rogers would be like if he was an assassin for hire)
Bourne Series (just too awesome)
300 (abs and swords)
The Hunted (I like knives)
Iron Monkey (general kung fu action)
Casino Royale (its freakin Bond on steroids)
Robocop (big gun and baby food)
Terminator 2 (BOOM)
The Killer (guns)
Hard Boiled (John woo and two guns)
Gladiator (people die)
Matrix (as far as I'm concerned part 2+3 never existed)
Seven Samurai (seriously awesome vintage)
Yojimbo (sickness)
and etc. my list is endless but you can just save yourself some time and google movies
This is the list. Just watch these. I have to re-watch Hard Boiled, that is one amazing action movie. "the innocents must die!"

Don't forget to add Bicycle Dreams, the documentary about riding RAAM.

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Paths of Glory, spin in the trench or against the wall, no other choice.
Spartacus, Tony Curtis uses ProLink.
Clockwork Orange, my droogies.
The Shining, wicked spirited sprints.
Full Metal Jacket, comes with it's own motivational speaker.
Eyes Wide Shut, for the long spindown.
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T2

Not an action, but one of my favorites....

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Old 01-16-10, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by jrobe
Watching movies on the trainer is fine for about 1 day a week to get a longer lower level aerobic workout. Otherwise, it is almost a waste of time.

You will gain more (in less time) by doing some structured interval workouts. If you can enjoy a movie, you really aren't gaining much.

Best of all, get some CTS or SPinervals DVD's to get the best of both worlds (something to make the time go by faster with a structured workout).
Originally Posted by Frameless
I strongly disagree, base training is essential escpecially during the winter. Ill do intervals once its warm enough to go outside. Having a strong base is probably the most important thing you can do to improve during the off season. Who coaches you?
This supports the idea that you don't need a ton of base work, since interval work causes mitochondrial growth, which increases your sustainable power at all intensities https://www.biketechreview.com/performance/base.htm. You do have to train your as$ to sit for a long time though.
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Old 01-16-10, 09:02 AM
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Old 01-16-10, 09:43 AM
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Old 01-16-10, 09:51 AM
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Red Cliff, the original Chinese full-length release. You'll be on there for nearly five hours.
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Full Metal Jacket
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Originally Posted by coasting
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The whole series. Just watched Beta House.

Pull up the streaming on Netflix and see what is available. Tons of things on there -- I often go "WTH? What is this?" And enjoy it. Earth 2 is one tv series.

What is the Firefly movie? Watch that one.

Save the American Flyers, Quicksilver, and Breaking away for when you can start to hit the road. My motivation gets a recharge wtih those movies. one watch a year for them.
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District 9 made for a good ride on the rollers last week.
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What, you don't think there's adventure in this movie?
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Bridge on the River Kwai.

The ending Quote in the movie is ever so appropriate for riding on rollers.

"Madness"
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I did my first trainer/movie session on Friday with Breaking Away.
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Do NOT watch porn! It will drain blood from your head and you will black out and fall over!
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